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BAMBERG FIGHTS
MALARIA MENACE
TOWN TO BANISH FEVER CARRYING
MOSQUITO.
Leads Way in South.
With Experts on Job, Control Project
Goes Forward.?Work of Economic
Value.
The following was published in the
Columbia State Monday:
"Bamberg stands pnique among
southern towns in that "it admitted the
presence of malaria in its environs
and welcomed the assistance of the
agencies that freed the'Canal Zone
from that menace to health in putting
on a campaign to entirely eradicate
th? anopheles mosquito. As a result
the state board of health and the
United States public health service
have under way here a malaria control
project which will shortly be
completed with the banishment of
the fever carrying mosquito, while
other towns still resist the imputation
that some of their people are subjected
to danger from this source.
"Dr. Carter, whose work in Panama
made him famous, found a family on
the outskirts of Bamberg whose actual
losses in expenses of illness and idle
time in a single year totalled $150,
not counting suffering and other factors.
There were others in the low
grounds almost as bad off and the
people of the town decided that they
' could not afford such a menace. Dr.
Carter told them that in his experience
he had found malaria to do
more damage to the whole population
where it exists than any of the great
epidemic diseases that the layman
looks on with such horror?yellow
fever, bubonic plague, etc. By public
subscription the people raised a fund
of $15,000, practically $5 per capita
which was duplicated from other
sources by the cooperating organizations
and the work put under way.
"A topographical survey > of the
town and adjacent territory was made
and every_j?ool, pond and swamp defined
and marked for drainage. Thirty
miles of ditches will be required
and the work is already well advanced.
The United States public health
service, which supervises the work,
learned much during the war about
making camp sites mosquito free by
drainage and these lessons are being
put into practice for the benefit of
the civil population. The most difficult.
ditching problem in the South is
opening up cypress and gum swamps
where water stands most of the time
and where cutting a right of way
costs almost as much as a ditch in the
open. The Bamberg project includes
five miles of ditch through" such conditions
and this part of the work is
being done with explosives. A blasted
ditch clears its own right of way
as the waterway is opened. A foreman
,and three laborers at Bamberg
"Warra. ftnonoH 1 2 00 fpftt of ditch
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through swampy land, a waterway
six feet wide and four feet deep
through roots, stumps and trees, in a
single day at less cost per cubic foot
than open ditching is being done by
hand in fields nearby. Progress is
not always so rapid, but the blasting
is so much faster than hand work
that the dug ditches look like they
hold back the -work to its disadvantage.
"Bamberg leads the procession in
malaria control. Valdosta, Ga., has
done considerable work of the same
character, but did not make a survey
of the situation and set out to do a
complete job of drainage. Tifton and
. Moultrie, Ga., are beginning the work
and Chester has a project under way.
Already in Bamberg swamps have
have been unwatered that always held
water before and much good land is
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though this is not a lapd reclamation
project hut insurance of public health.
The work is under the supervision of
Capt. L. M. Fisher, United States
public health service, and is proceeding
with remarkable speed despite
difficulties in labor supply for the dug
ditches."
Cairo, April 28.?The work of a
, modern Bluebeard has been discovered
at Tnta, fifty-four miles northwest
of Cairo, noted for its Mohammedan
festivals and fairs. Women,
enticed into a certain house on the
pretext of meeting a wealthy admirer,
were robbed of their jewels
and then murdered. Afterwards 1
their bodies were burned, except for
the heads, twenty of which were
found in the house.
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CARLISLE WINS HIGH HONOR.
Iliile Team Wins Cup For Highest
Score in Ten States.
The rifle team which represented
Carlisle in the contest open to all
units of the junior division, reserve
officers training corps, in the southeastern
department, won the trophy
cup offered by this department with
a highest score of 3,734 out of a possible
4,000.
The contest was shot from April
1st to April 10th and was open to all
junior R. Ol T. C. units of the southeastern
department, consisting of
ten states. Notice was received by
Maj. Lang Friday, April 23rd, that
the Carlisle team had made the highest
score and the prize trophy cup
was received later. The following are
the scores of the leading teams:
Carlisle 3734
Bingham Military Institute?3686
Porter 3646
iEmory University 3643
Marion . Institute 3 559
Castle Heights Mil. Acad...3555
St. Charles College 3539
Memphis High School 3199
Columbia Mil. Academy 3137
The winning of this contest is indeed
an honor for Carlisle. The trophy
won in this competition is a handsome
cup, suitably engraved, which
wras presented to the school in clfapel
Saturday morning by Col. Guilds.
Well did the team represent Carlisle
with their marksmanship. The list
of the cadets on this team and their
individual records was published in
The Bugle, April 16th. They are as
follows, in order of their records:
.1. Cadet 1st Sgt. Fred Brigman.
2. Cadet 1st Sgt. Otto Large.
3 Pnrlot Pant Pun! TC Smith
"I do not approve of any further
surrender of state sovereignty to the
federal government," declared the
governor. "I am convinced after a
few years of experiments and disasters
'we w'ill go back to the government
established by the constitution."
The governor voiced his opposition
to a cash bonus for soldiers, declaring
it would be an insult to service
men to attempt to ''compensate"
them for their services to the country.
He said the South Carolina
branch of the American Legion had
taken a similar stand. N
"Their services can not be valued
in dollars and cents," he added. He
favored liberal provision, however,
for the wounded and needy.
Extending special privileges to
either capital or labor, Goyern-sr
Cooper declared, "is to forfeit the
confidence of capital or labor in the
integrity of the government. They
know that in doing so, those in authority
have some ulterior purpose.
They know also that this attitude
is liable to be reversed and, theretore,
they believe in 'getting while the <
getting is good.' "
United States Senator E. D. Smith
presided at the dinner.
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4. Cadet Fred H. Plott.
5. Cadet Edward P. Hudson.
6. Cadet Corp. Ernest L. Horne.
7. Cadet Corp. Wm. G. Solomons.
8. Cadet Corp. Wm. L. Hudson.
9. Cadet Robt. H. Bellamy.
10. Cadet Major Harry Snyder.
11. Cadet Sgt. Ben K. Summersett.
12. Cadet Robt. L. Culler.
13. Cadet 1st Lt. Sam Shealy.
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14. Cadet Wayland F. Hogan.
15. Cadet McDaniel Mimms.
16. Cadet Luther Postell.
17. Cadet Corp. Robt. L. Harley.
18. Cadet Sgt. Thomas V. Wactor.
19. Cadet Corp. N. J. Johnston
20. Cadet Sgt. S. W. Bookhart.
Many members of the regular
team picked by Maj. Lang and Capt.
Lupo were sick an# their places were
filled by alternates, who did remarkably
well.
Tho -riflo nlnV* Vine dnnp prpat work
this year. The success is due chiefly
to the combined efforts of Major
Lang, instructor of military science
at Carlisle, Capt. Lupo, faculty member
and secretary of the club, and
Cadet Lt. Lawrence Peebles, executive
officer.
Plans are now developing for offering
each cadet a chance to qualify for
marksmen and sharpshooters, badges
being given by the national rifle association
with headquarters in Washington,
D. C.?Carlisle Bugle.
STATE SOCIETY HEARS COOPER.
Governor Delivers Address in Washington.
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Washington, May 1.?Repeal of
the 14th and 15th amendments to the
constitution and "all others enacted
since which encroach uyon the rights
of states" was advocated tonight by
Gov. Robert A. Cooper of South Carolina,
speaking before the annual dinner
of the Palmetto State society.
TURN ANXIOUS EYES
TOMEXICANBORDER
MEXICAN SITUATION VIEWED
WITH ALARM.
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Two Americans Slain.
Murders Said to Have Been Committed
in Territory Controlled
by Carranza.
Washington, May 3.?The murder
of two more Americans in Mexico, reported
today to the state department
accentuated the concern with which
officials here are watching developments
beyond the border. There was
nothing, however, to indicate to what
extent the attitude of the Washington
government towards the Sonora
revolutionary might be affected by
the fact that the incidents occurred
in Carranza territory.
Requests for additional warship
protection at points on the east coast
of Mexico already had been forwarded
to the navy department by the department.
While this had no relation to
the latest murders it was said to indicate
the view of officials as to the
unsettled conditions prevailing in
that region, nominally at least, still
held by Carranza forces.
On the border, loss of Juarez, officials
said, would be a serious blow
to the federals because of its revenue
producing capacity.. They N believed
complete rebel control of the state of
Chihuahua would be the logical result.
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The murder of Eben Francis Greenlaw
and his young son by Mexicans
near El Oro, only 125 miles from
Mexico City, brought from the American
embassy in Mexico City a prompt
ar.d emphatic demand that the Mexican
government arrest and punish the
murderers. The American government
contends that the Carranza au
tnorities were responsiDie ror tne protection
of the Greenlaws because of
the presence of Mexican troops in the
immediate vicinity.
Destroyers will be stationed at
Tampico, Tuxpam, Vera Cruz and
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Fronteras, ready to take off any
Americans who may be in danger
either from the Mexican federal authorities
or the rebels. The state department
specifically stated that these
vessels were not to take any part in
the struggle between factions in Mexico,
but were asked for sorely to provide
a haven in case of need.
Reports were received here today
of conferences attended by representatives
of Obregon, Villa, Manuel
Pelasez and Felix Diaz, which indicated
that definite coordination between
the various factions was being
arranged. Official information showed
that the revolution had been
planned for several months.
Unofficial advices from Mexico City
indicate that the censorship is being"
exercised more sharply than ever and
that newspapers are not permitted to
print any news of the rebel activity
in the northern part of the country.
General Obregon has pledged himself
to protect foreign lives and interests
if elected to the presidency, a
consular report to the state departmar?f
ooirl Ohrofrnn nlsn incliidpf! in
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his platform a declaration in favor of
renewal of foreign investments in
Mexico. He accused President Carranza
of violating the constitution in
assuming dictatorial powers and of
having injured Mexico through adoption
of a policy calculated to drive
out foreign capital.
Enormous Profits of Cotton Mills.
The Tucapau Mills, of Spartanburg,
S. C., one of the big cotton manufacturers
of the South, has just declared
a stock dividend of 303 per cent., and
the Spartanburg Herald reports that
$8 50 a share was bid for the stock
of this company. The Easley Mills,
of Easley, S. C., has also declared a
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able in preferred stock yielding 7 per
cent, a year. The Saxon Mills have
declared a stock dividend of 100 per
cent, and other mills are reported as
likely to declare large stock dividends.
While the amazing property of -the
cotton mill industry is adding enormously
to the wealth of the South, ,
these great dividends show that the
cotton mills could have paid a much
higher price for coton and still have
earned enormous profits. Unquestionably
the cotton producers have not
had a fair division of this prosperity.
?Manufacturers Record.
MUNSEY PREDICTS
HIGHER PRICES
NEWSPAPERS MUST COST MORE
HE THINKS.
Reduction in Size.
Publisher Advises Drastic Cuts in
Use of Newsprint and Governmental
Regulations.
.Washington, May 1.?Five and
even ten cent daily newspapers were
predicted today by Frank A. Munsey,
New York publisher. Appearing ^before
the senate committee investigating
the newsprint paper shortage he
urged drastic reduction in the use of
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William Randolph Hearst, another
New York publisher, in a letter to the
committee, advocated a 20 or 25 per
cent, cut in the size of newspapers
but said be believed the time for governmental
regulation ha?l passed.
Mr. Hearst ?irge? publishers to
double advertising and circulation
rates, saying such action would automatically
cut down the size and
number of copies without reducing
revenue.
The government could not reduce
newsprint consumption by regulating
the number of pages or papers admitted
to the mails, Mr. Munsey told
the committee, because scarcely none
of the large city dailies rely for their
revenue on mail circulation.
Both publishers agreed that the
great Sunday editions of the city papers
were important factors in the
situation. Mr. Munsey advocated regulation
limiting the Sunday edition to
the size of the week-day issue, "not
more than 24 pages."
Mr. Hearst wrote he had cut the
size of his papers 20 and 25 per cent,
without adversely affecting his revenue
or causing complaint from subscribers.
Cooperation between publishers to
economize in the use of print paper
would result in "a total curtailment
of 20 or 25 per cent, and would solve
thp nrnhlemMr. Hearst wrote. Mr.
Munsey took an opposite view. He
told the committee that cooperation
could not be made effective because
publishers would not enter into an
agreement.
Commenting on the spot market
situation, Mr. Munsey said that when
spot paper went to 12 cents a pound
he ceased buying and relied on contract
newsprint, for which he now
pays five cents.
Asked by \Senator Gronna, North
Dakota, if it was not true that the
small country publishers had no contracts
and were forced to rely on
brokers buying on the spot market,
Mr. Munsey said he believed such was
the case, but added that many city
publishers were in a similar situation.
Chairman Reed announced that a
number of paper brokers would appear
before the committee Monday, j
He read a telegram from T. R. William,
Pittsburgh, president of the
Newspaper Publishers' association,
saying he could not appear before the
committee in his official capacity because
the association had decided to
take no part in the congressional in
vestigation.
Serious charge.
Mack Thompson Held For Attempted
Assault.
Batesburg, April 30. ? Mack
Thompson, a negro, who claims to be
14 years of age, was taken to Columbia
tonight and lodged in the state
penitentiary, charged with attempted
criminal assault. He was spirited
away from a crowd that had gathered
at the scene of the trouble, and rushed
to Columbia by W. M. Laird, of
Pelion, deputy sheriff of Lexington
county. For a good distance of the
way the machine carrying the negro
was followed by a party of citizens.
The troubl? occurred near Steadman.
This afternoon between 2 and 3
o'clock two little white girls, about
10 and 12 years of age, were on their
way from school, and as they reached
a place where the road crossed a
branch, a negro came upon the scene.
The larger girl was forced into the
woods, while the smaller one got
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away ana gave tne aiarm.
A description of the clothing worn
by the assailant led to the arrest of
Thompson. In the meantime two other
men had been arrested and while the
citizens who had gathered were questioning
these two men, Thompson
was rushed away in an automobile
toward Columbia. The crowd soon
got on to the departure and followed
but lost the trail, it is said, at Pelion.
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AXDERSOX SHERIFF OUSTED.
Supreme Tribunal Sustains Governor
Cooper.
Columbia, May l.?The supreme
court, in a unanimous opinion yesterday,
sustained Governor Cooper in
his removal of J. Olin Sanders as
sheriff of Anderson county.' The opinion
was written by Associate Justice
D. E. Hydrick and was concurred in
by Chief Justice Eugene B. Gary and
Associate Justice R. C. Watts, T. B.
Fraser and George W. Gage.
The court holds that "Sanders is
not and has not been since the date
of his removal by Governor Cooper
the lawful sheriff of Anderson county,
and that he surrender the said
office and the records thereof to the
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piailillil, <jr. iviilg, upun nis uciiiaLiu
therefor, and that he pay the costs
and disbursements of this action."
Sanders was removed by Governor
Cooper in February for alleged immoral
conduct, but refused to surrender
the office to King, who was appointed
simultaneously by the chief
executive. The plaintiff then went
before Chief Justice Gary and procured
an order for Sanders to appear
before the supreme court to show
cause why he was entitled to the
office. The hearing was set for March
30, but a delay until April 20 was
ordered at that time, when the question
of certain papers not having
been served on Sanders was raised.
The supreme. court has held that
the governor has not the right to remove
a sheriff, but the chief executive
had appointed Sanders to fill a vacancy
in the office, causec^ by the
resignation of Former Sheriff Joe L.
M. Ashley, and the statute under
which the appointment was made
gives the governor the right to remove
an appointee.
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Judge Hydrick says:
"It is conceivable that the misconduct
of an officer may be of such a
nature as to make his continuance in
office a reproach to decent government,
while his conduct might not
necessarily affect the proper administration
of his office. But we are not
called on to decide wrhether the misconduct
for which removal may be
made must be official conduct, because
wre agree with the governor that the
misconduct of which the officer was
found guilty was of such a nature
as to affect his administration of the
office, and that it was, therefore, olfficial
conduct. The defendant was the
highest peace officer in his county
and when he deliberately violated
the sanctity of the home of anotTTSr
and put himself in the situation in
which he must have known if discovered
by the outraged husband, a serious
breach of peace, if not a homicide,
would almost certainly result, he
was guilty of conduct unbecoming a
peace officer, and that was official conduct,
for'which the governor rightly
removed him from office."
The cause of the removal was an
affidavit filed with the governor by a
former policeman of Anderson, that
he went to his home one night and
found Sanders and the policeman's
wife locked up ifi a room together,
and that Sanders held a pistol on the
policeman while the then sheriff backed
out of the door.
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J. >i Kinard's Home Completely
Razed to the Ground Saturday.
Saturday morning about 9:30 fire
was discovered in the residence of J.
M. Kinard on Railroad avenue. When
; first seen by some workmen on the
Farmers Tobacco Warehouse the
flames had made such headway that
practically nothing could be done to
check the flames. The house is a
complete loss. A considerable person
of the furniture of Mr. and Mrs.
Kinard was removed by volunteer
helpers, but was very much damaged
by the necessarily quick handling.
Total insurance to the amount of
$2,200 was carried on the residence
and furniture, but Mr. Kinard estimates
that the loss was approximately
$4,000. A quantity, of clothing
was burned, including a new suit
that Mr. Kinard had just carried
home.
It is thought that the fire originated
from the oil cook stove, which had
hppn lighted bv the cook, who had
left the kitchen for a few minutes. I
Mrs. Kinard was ?t the home of ai
neighbor at the time, while Mrs. S. !
M. Kinard, Mr. Kinard's mother, was
in the front of the house and knew
nothing of the fire until she heard
the alarm.
Mr. Kinard states that he will rebuild
as soon as he can get the material
and workmen.
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ANNUAL EXERCISES
AT RIVERS BRIDGE
13. D. CARTER, ESQ., oV BAMBERG,
OPATOR OF THE DAY. .
University Men Sing.
H undress Gather to 1 tonor Those
Who Fought For the Confederacy.
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Last Thursday was memorial day at
Rivers's Bridge, a spot twelve miles
below Olar, where an engagement of
the Confederate war was won by the
Southern troops. This annual celebration
always takes place on the last
Thursday in April.
The decrease in number of old veterans
in attendance from year to
year is very noticeable?this time only
11 being in line as they marched
to the grave of their comrades who
are buried at this hallowed place.
Dr. N. F. Kirkland, now 88 years
old, has been president of the Rivers
Bridge Memorial Association for many
years. He was present, as usual, but
requested Prof. F. C. Chitty, of Olar,
to preside over the exercises. A cadet
from Carlisle school was bugler for
the day. .
In response to the bugle call the
large audience of about 2,500 people
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flocked to the stand to enjoy the exercises
of the day.
A quartette of the University of
South Carolina glee club had charge
of the music and they thoroughly delighted
the audience. After their opening
number, the invocation was pronounced
by the Rev. C. M. Peeler, of
the Olar Methodist church. "My
Country 'Tis of Thee", was then
sung by the quartette.
At this time Prof. Chitty delivered
a short address, impressing upon the
audience the importance of the day, - .
and the true meaning of the .celebration.
He then introduced R. Fair
Goodwin, who presented the university
quartette in very complimentary
terms. Marked enthusiasm was manifested
by continued ovation over the
next number, "Dixie," by the qjuar?
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a member of the advanced first
grade in the Olar school, gave a recitation,
"The Flag of Dixie."
Prof. Chitty then presented the orator
of the day, B. D. Carter, Esq.,'
of Bamberg. Mr. Carter's address
was well received. He said that "we
love to tell the story of the Confederate
war to commit it to posterity, the
world's historians failing to give justice
to the Confederacy in not giving
a true and full aceeunt."
He paid a glowing tribute to the
old veterans present and assured them
that although they could not, according
to the laws of nature, remain with
us much longer, they would never be.
forgotten, and that this assemblage
was to confer honor on them as well
as to honor those "who sleep in yon.
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aer grave.
He also praised the good women
who responded to duty in the homes
and hospitals. He reviewed some i
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historical facts relative to the war
and reconstruction period, referring,
to the carpet-baggers and giving
much credit and praise to General
Wade Hampton. He declared that
the struggle was not in vain and that
it was best for all that the fight was
fought without compromise. "Defeat
implies disaster, but not disgrace,"
he said. "The Confederate soldier
brought home a consciousness of duty
performed."
After a selection by the quartette,
Miss Juanita Neeley, of the Olar
school, read an essay on "Why the
State of South Carolina Should Erect
a Memorial to the Boys of the World
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War." After the quartette entertained
the audience for quite a while/
the old soldiers formed a line and
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marched to the grave, where it was
covered with beautiful flowers. A
delightful basket dinner was served
on the grounds.
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FAVOR BETTER SCHOOLS.
Branchville Citizens Vote for Bonds
for School Improvement.
Branchville, April 28.?The citi-'
zens of Branchville, realizing the
need of better educational advantages,
came to the front yesterday by
voting $20,000 bonds for improvement
of the present school building
and also voted seven mills additional
tax for school purposes.
This will put Branchville in position
now to bring her school system
up to the high standard now being
advocated throughout the country. I
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